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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    A meeting of the Cabinet was held yesterday and was followed by a meeting of the Executive Council, at which the Governor presided. At the latter meeting the new appointments to ...

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  3. TROPICAL NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Amongst the many rich and widely varied possessions of New South Wales is a province, which, in all of its conditions, exhibits in a high degree the unmistakable characteristics of the ...

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  4. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT PETERSHAM.

    Within a few minutes of the 4.10 goods train having Sydney yesterday morning, 13 of the 20 vehicles which comprised it were precipitated over the Petersham viaduct. ...

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  5. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lord George Hamilton, the First Lord of the Admiralty, stated, in reply to a question in the House of Commons last night, that the Admiralty had ...

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  6. SEIZURE OF A BRITISH SHIP.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In the House of Commons to-day Sir James Fergusson, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that owing to another seizure of a ship ...

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  7. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

    GOSFORD, Friday.--The member for the district, Mr. R. Stevenson, who is on a tour through the electorate, arrived at Gosford at 10 o'clock last night and received quite an ovation at the ...

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  8. INTERCOLONIAL TEMPERANCE CONFERENCE.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--An intercolonial temperance conference will be held in Adelaide next week, and amongst the delegates will be Messrs. J. Gale and N. Melville, Ms.P., of ...

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  9. THE GOSFORD WILD FLOWER SHOW.

    GOSPORD, Friday.--The Gosford third annual wild flower show opened to-day. The Mayor, at the request of the committee, invited the local representative, Mr. R. Stevenson, M.P., as ...

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  10. FRANCE AND THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Journal des Debats asserts that the abandonment of the New Hebrides by France is dependent upon a settlement of the question of the ...

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  11. INTERCOLONIAL TELEGRAPHIC CHARGES.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--As the outcome of the recent agitation for a reduction in the cost of telegrams to places over the borders, the Minister of Education states that it has been ...

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  12. (REUTER'S MESSAGE.)

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Journal des Debats of to-day confirms the expected settlement of the New Hebrides question as stated in an article in Le Temps of the 6th ...

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  13. THE MISSING MAN CHURCHILL.

    GOULBURN, Friday.--No further particulars are to hand with reference to the Churchill mystery, beyond the fact that the man was seen on foot the night of the accident ...

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  14. A NEWCASTLE MYSTERY.

    NEWCASTE, Friday.--A body in a decomposed condition was found on the beach near the Recreation Reserve to-day. It is supposed to be that of a man named Grimwood, late ...

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  15. A GANG OF BURGLARS ARRESTED.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--Sandhurst has been visited by the gang of notorious burglars who have committed depredations in Melbourne for a long time past. They broke into the rooms ...

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  16. MOVEMENTS OF WAR VESSELS.

    COOKTOWN, Friday.--The German war vessel Albatross arrived here last night. She coals and remains one month. Her destination in unknown, but is probably the German possessions ...

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  17. MR. BURNETT'S TEMPERANCE MISSION.

    IRONBARK, Friday.--Mr. Matthew Burnett, the social reformer. visited Ironbarks last night. He was met by a body of Good Templars and the local brass band, and a torchlight ...

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  18. THE BRITISH TRADES CONGRESS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The British Trades Congress, which is meeting at Swansea this week, has determined upon the adoption of a political programme. ...

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  19. THE BULLI FUND.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday.--Messrs. Melville, M.P., and Norton are expected to visit this district next week in connection with the agitation now bring made with respect to the ...

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  20. THE GUNNEDAH ELECTORATE.

    GUNNEDAH, Friday.--It is rumored that Mr. Goodwin intends to withbold his resignation of his sent in the Legislative Assembly until shearing has been finished throughout the ...

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  21. CARDINAL MORAN IN ADELAIDE.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--Cardinal Moran who conducts the investiture of Archbishop Reynolds with his pallium, arrived to-day in the steamer Salazle. The voyage was a somewhat rough ...

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  22. THE NEW BISHOP OF BATHURST.

    BATHURST, Friday.--Dr. Camidge expects to be consecrated Bishop of Bathurst in Westminster Abbey on October 18. His passage has been taken for Australia on November 10, ...

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  23. BROKEN-HILL, BLOCK 14.

    Sir,--In your issue of this morning I was pleased to see an article under the above heading, cantioning the rash speculators who have given--through their feverish anxiety to invest ...

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  24. PRESENTATION AT ORANGE.

    ORANGE, Friday.--At the Land Board Office this afternoon, Mr. C. E. Finch,chairman of the land board, was the recipient of a very handsome marble clock, suitably inscribed, from the ...

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  25. THE NAVY ESTIMATES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In the House of Commons last night the navy estimates were under discussion. Captain J C. R. Colomb opposed the payment of any subsidy to ...

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  26. THE BURWOOD COLLIERY DIFFICULTY.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday.--There is nothing fresh to note respecting the Burwood strike. Some few shillings which were due to the men for skips filled prior to the strike were paid them ...

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  27. THE FREETRADE ASSOCIATION.

    WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--A meeting of the West Maitland branch of the Freetrade Association of New South Wales was held to-night. There was a good attendance, and Mr. R. W. ...

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  28. THE NEWCASTLE PUBLICANS' AGREEMENT.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The local publicans have failed to agree over the selling price of spirits, and at a meeting held this morning it was decided that each publican should please ...

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  29. SYDNEY CRIMINALS IN THE COUNTRY.

    GOULBURN, Friday.--At the council meeting last night Alderman J. Clifford drew attention to the case of a woman brought before the Goulburn Bench on a change petty larceny. ...

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  30. ABDICATION OF PRINCE FERDINAND.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has retired to Hungary, and it is reported in Paris that he has determined upon abdicating the Bulgarian throne. ...

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  31. THE COLLISION OFF WILSON'S PROMONTORY.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Steam Navigation Board to-day met to investigate the collision between the ships Victoria Regina and Persian Empire. As the captain of the ...

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  32. THE QUEENSLAND SEPARATION MOVEMENT.

    TOWNSVILLE, Friday.--At a meeting of the Separation Council to-night it was agreed that the decentralisation proposals of the Government were insufficient and delasive ; and it was ...

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  33. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE ON HERAT.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In consequence of the skirmish which took place last week between Russian troops and a body of soldiers belonging to the garrison at Herat, ...

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  34. THE PORT MELBOURNE OUTRAGE.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The hearing of the charge against the three young men, John White, Edward Decis and Francis M'Donough, of brutally outraging the woman Emma ...

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  35. THE NARRABRI-WALGETT RAILWAY.

    WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--A meeting or members of the Maitland league in connection with the Narrabri-Walgett railway movement was held in Maitland this afternoon. The Mayor ...

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  36. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN EMPLOYERS' UNION.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--A meeting of the recently formed South Australian Employers' Union was held to-day for the purpose of obtaining advice as to the working of the union ...

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  37. TASMANIAN FARMERS AND PROTECTION.

    HOBART, Friday. A meeting was held at Brighton this afternoon to consider the advisability of petitioning Parliament to give greater protection to the farming interest, ...

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  38. CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Heavy storms which have prevailed in England this week have seriously damaged the hop crop. It is estimated that the crop throughout ...

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  39. INSPECTION OF THE KIAMA RAILWAY.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday.--Mr. Whitton, the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, arrived here last night from Clifton, where he had been inspecting the damage done to the railway line by ...

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  40. THE LAND QUESTION.

    BREWARRINA, Friday.--Mr. Garrett's reply to the Nymagee deputation caused quite a stir here amongst the homestead lessees. Many think their interests are threatened, while ...

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  41. A COLONIAL COMPANY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Colonial Mercantile Agency Company has been registered in London with a capital of £50,000. ...

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  42. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

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  43. AUSTRALIAN ORANGES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--A portion of the consignment of Australian oranges by the B.M.S. Chimborazo has been officially condemned. ...

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  44. THE BALLARAT COUNCIL FRACAS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--At the meeting of the Ballarat Town Council Councillor Walker, one of the principals in the recent disgraceful fracas when Councillor Murphy's leg was ...

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  45. A WOMAN ROASTED ALIVE.

    BROKEN-HILL, Friday--Another sad case of burning occurred at Silverton yesterday. A woman of bad character, who went by the name of " Crntehy," was roasted alive in her but. No ...

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  46. BANK OF ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to-day, show the proportion of reserve to liabilities to be 43 per cent., and the total reserve ...

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  47. THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACT.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--A cable was dispatched by the Victorian Government to-day, joining with New South Wales and South Australia in a firm protest against the new proposal of the ...

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  48. RESIGNATION OF THE VICTORIAN SPEAKER.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--At a Cabinet meeting, held to-day, it was announced definitely that the Speaker (Mr. Peter Lalor) intended to resign. A bill has been drafted providing for a ...

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  49. THE WOOL SALES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--At the wool sales today 10,300 bales were offered, a firm market ruling. The withdrawals up to date amount to ...

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  50. SHIPPING.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The B.I. Company's R.M.S. Dorunda left London yesterday. ...

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    Our Bathurst correspondent wires:--"On Thursday night, a meeting was held of the congregation of the St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, when an address was delivered by Dr. ...

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    On Wednesday evening a coachman in the service of Mr. And-ew Gibson, of Burragurra long, was riding along the Yaas road towards Goulburn, when the horse run against a tree ...

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